Garment-fitting stand.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

G. H. SCULLY.

GARMENT FITTING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1905. RENEWED SEPT. 22, 1906.

Inventor.

Witnesse g Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-FITTING STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed April 18. 1905'. Renewed September 22 1906- Sarial No. 335,777.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE II. SCULLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kane sas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri; have invent-ed a new and useful Garment-Fitting Stand, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment-fitting stands, and has for its object to provide certain new and useful. improvements in this class of devices for the support of the party being fitted and to enable the convenient marking of a dress-skirt for indicating the line of fold for the hem at the bottom of the skirt.

It is customary to mark the point of fold for the hem by means ofordinary pins stuck through the skirt, and in this connection it is an important object of the present invention to provide for accurately indicating the points for the application of the pins and to fold the material of the skirt at such points to enable the convenient application of ordinary headed pins.

Another object of the invention is to provide for the accurate vertical adjustment of the device in accordance with the desired depth of hem and to permit of the gage portion being swung around the vertical axis of the stand for cooperation with the skirt entirely. around the bottom thereof.

With these and other objects in View the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it. being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made Within the scope of the claims without de' parting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a garment-fitting stand embodying thefeatures of the present invention. ig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating the gage set for the introduction of a pin.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw.- lngs.

The present device includes a base member 1, from which rises a cylindrical standard 2, having a cap-plate 3, threaded or otherwise secured to the top thereof for the support of a platform 4. Upon the standard is a vertically-adjustable collar 5, pierced by a set-screw 6, for fixing the collar at any elevation upon the standard, there being a vertical scale 7 for convenience in accurately adjusting the collar. A bracket 8, rotatably embraces the standard and hangs from the top of the collar 5.

Alincd pairs of guides 9 are carried by the bracket 8 below the collar 5, and in each pair of guides is an endwise-adjustablc rod 10, which is disposed in a substantially horizontal position, corresponding ends of the rods being connected by the cross-bar 11, having an intermediate depressed seat 12 in the top thereof. A substantially circular plate 13 is rotatably fitted in this seat and is held therein by means of a central fastening 14. An upstanding standard or fixed gage member 15 rises from the member 13 and is provided at its lower end with a lateral projection or heel 16, from which rises a movable gage member 17, pivoted to the heel, as at 18. The upper end of the fixed gage member 15 is rovided with a laterally-directed verticallyliifurcatcd fork 19, extending toward the platform 4, and the upper end of the movable gage member is provided with a transverse horizontallybifurcated fork or jaw 20, dcsigned to enter the seat constituted by the fork 19, with the two bifurcations in alinement. A laterally-projected foot-piece or treadlc 21 is carried by the jaw 17 and eX- tends outwardly beyond the gage member 15 for convenience in swinging the pivotal gage member toward the fixed gage member. 'A suitable spring 22 is interposed between the fixed foot 16 and the under side of the treadle 21 to normally and yieldably maintain the gage members separated.

In using the present device the person to be fitted stands upon the platform, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, with the lower free edge of the skirt 23 received between the gage members 15 and 17. The height of the waistband above the floor is measured, and the bracket 8 is then elevated upon thestandard 2 a distanceequal to the difference between the predetermined length of the skirt and the distance of the waistband above the floor, the bracket of course being set by reference to the scale 7. When the age has thus been set with the gage mem ber 17 at the inner side of the skirt, the treadle 21 is depressed, so as to bring the jaw 20 into the seat 19, as best indicatedin Fig. 3 of the drawing, thereby drawing or folding the adjacent portion of the skirt into the seat 19, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, after which an ordinary headed pin 24 is passed through the opening in the seat 19, so as to pierce the folded portion of the skirt. When the treadle 21 is re eased, the gage members spring apart under the influence of the spring 22, while the pin 24 remains in the skirt. The gage is then rotatably shifted upon the standard 2 for a suitable distance and the foregoing operation repeated, said operation being successively repeated until a series of marking-pins have been applied entirely around the skirt, so as to indicate the line of fold for producing the desired hem at the bottom of the skirt.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed is*- l 1. A garment-fitting stand comprising a support having a scale, a platform upon the support, a substantially horizontal arm carried by the support and adjustable vertically thereon in cooperative relation with the scale, and a hem-gage carried by the outer end portion of the arm.

2. A garment-fitting stand comprising a support having an upright scale, a platform upon the support, a substantially horizontal arm adjustable vertically upon the support in cooperative relation with the scale and also rotatable around the support, and a herngage carried by the arm. 3. A garment-fitting stand comprising a support having an upright scale and a platform, a vertically-adjustable collar embracing the support, a bracket rotatably embracing the support and rotatably carried by the collar, a substantially horizontal arm carried by the bracket, and a hem-gage carried by the arm.

4. A garment-fitting stand comprising a support having a platform, a substantially horizontal arm carried by the support and adjustable vertically thereon, and a hem-gage carried by the arm.

5. A garment-fitting stand comprising a support having a platform, a collar embracing the support and adjustable vertically thereon, a bracket embracing the support and rotatably carried by the collar, a substantially horizontal arm carried by the bracket, and a hem-gage carried by the arm.

6. A garment-fitting stand comprising a support having a platform, a bracket rotatable upon the support and adjustable vertically thereon, said bracket being provided with spaced guides, substantially horizontal arms adjustable endwise through the guides, and a hem-gage carried by corresponding ends of the arms.

7. A hem-marking gage for dress-fitting stands comprising a pair of upright gage members, one of the gage members being provided with an upright seat and the other member having a jaw to force a portion of a skirt into th e seat and produce an upright fold therein, the seat and the jaw being provided with transverse openings which are alined when the jaw is in the seat for the reception of a pin therethrough.

8. A hem-marking gage for dress-fitting stands comprising a stationary upright gage member having a vertically-bifurcated later ally-projected seat at its upper end, the sides of the seat having corresponding slots, and an upright pivotal gage member having an upstanding jaw to enter the seat of the other jaw and fold a portion of a skirt vertically, the jaw of the pivotal gage being provided with a transverse slot which is alined with the slot of the fixed gage member for the reception of apin to be passed through the folded portion of the skirt.

9. A hem-marking gage for dress-fitting st ands comprising an upstanding gage member having a vertically-bifurcated laterallyprojected jaw at its up er end and a laterally-directed heel portlon at its lower end,

another upright gage member ivoted to the heel to work toward and away om the fixed gage member, the upper end of the pivotal gage member being provided with an u standing jaw to enter the bifurcation of t e fixed jaw and fold a ortion of a skirt vertically, the two jaws being provided with transverse openings which are in alinement when the jaws are engaged for the reception of a pin, a treadle connected to the pivotal jaw, and a spring to yieldably maintain the gage members separated.

10. In a garment-fitting stand, the combination of an upright support having a platform upon thetop thereof, a vertically-adjustable bracket carried by the support and rotatable concentrically thereon, an endwiseadjustable substantially horizontal arm carried by the bracket, an upstanding stationary gage member at one end of the arm with the upper end of the gage member provided upon its inner side with a laterally-projected jaw which is bifurcated vertically and horizontally, an upright pivotal gage member disposed at the inner side of the fixed gage member with its upper end provided with an upright jaw to enter the vertical bifurcation of the fixed jaw and provided with a horizontal bifurcation for alinement with. the horizontal bifurcation of said fixed jaw, a treadle connected to the pivotal gage member, and a spring to yieldably maintain the gage members separated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. SCULLY. Witnesses R. R. VVADE, L. W. JEFFORDS. 

